Entries from Eric Sloof

In VMware vSphere 6.0, snapshots with VMware Virtual SAN have been completely redesigned. In this paper, VMware presents the performance of Virtual SAN snapshots for two different applications, namely a source tree compilation workload to roughly mimic “test and development” scenarios, and an online transaction-based database application.

Overall, VMware has found that Virtual SAN snapshots in vSphere 6.0 perform reasonably with minimal performance degradation compared to base disk performance. We also address performance tunable configurations and sizing recommendations to optimize performance with Virtual SAN snapshots. 

The vSphere 6 Foundations Beta Exam validates you have the fundamental skills necessary to understand and begin deploying VMware vSphere 6 environments.

• Exam Number: 2V0-620    
• Duration: 120 Minutes
• Associated Certification: VCP6-DCV, VCP6-CMA, VCP6-DTM, VCP6-NV    
• Number of Questions: 100
• Exam Product: vSphere Version: 6    
• Passing Score: Not Available for Beta Exams
• Recommended Training: vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6]    
• Validated Against: vSphere 6
• Exam Price: $50 USD    
• Exam Languages: English
• Format: Single and Multiple Choice, Proctored

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This eLearning course on Software-Defined Storage provides an overview of the storage pillars of a Software-Defined Data Center and how VMware’s Software-Defined Storage (SDS) strategy helps to mitigate the storage challenges faced by the Hardware-Defined Data Centers. 

The course will outline the technical characteristics of Virtual SAN 6.0 and vSphere Virtual Volumes. We will then compare the new Software-Defined Storage functionalities and operating model found in Virtual SAN 6.0 and vSphere Virtual Volumes with that of traditional storage.

This eLearning course on Data Center Virtualization will provide you with a fundamental understanding of VMware's Data Center Virtualization products. The course also takes you through the components and features of vSphere 6.0, and shows how the vSphere 6.0 product line helps resolve business and IT challenges commonly faced by organizations. 

The course will start by providing an overview of Data Center Virtualization with VMware vSphere, its components, capabilities, and benefits. We’ll then look at the components of vSphere that accomplish Data Center Virtualization. Finally, we’ll see how vSphere 6.0 products help resolve common data center challenges. 

Introduction to the latest version of VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization certification. New for vSphere 6 the VCP6-DCV. Find out what it is , why you should consider becoming VMware certified and what you have to do to earn this new certification (or upgrade).

VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV)

This white paper demonstrates how to successfully implement a hybrid cloud strategy and aims to provide a better understanding of its use case and its potential. The scenario described in this white paper is based on a successful real-world customer implementation by VMware employees who are part of CTO Ambassador group.

This Fling is a graphical user interface (GUI) application to replace digital certificates on the vCenter Server Appliance.  Easily deploy by selecting the components that need digital certificates replaced. This Fling works with vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.

The GUI wizard-based tool helps you by:

• Replacing certificates for vCenter Server, Inventory Service, Log Browzer, and Auto Deploy
• Providing Single-Sign On (SSO) that uses the same certificate as the vCenter Server certificate
• Collecting backups of previously deployed certificates and associated files
• Providing tool level logging

Download Certificate Manager for vCenter Server Appliance 5.5

If you are a virtualization professional who wants to unleash the power of automation and combat the complexity of sprawling virtual environments, this book is ideal for you. This book will enhance your skills of administering VMware vSphere and vCloud Director with PowerCLI.

• Configure and administer VMware ESXi hosts, clusters, and vCenter
• Manage virtual machine configurations and operations
• Administer datastores, datastore clusters, and virtual machine snapshots
• Create and configure virtual networking in a vSphere environment
• Manage cluster features and affinity groups
• Make custom reports and notifications from vSphere
• Direct operations in vCloud Director

PowerCLI allows faster administration by executing tasks on groups of objects in the virtual environment and is flexible enough to allow complex, scripted routines to solve complex problems.

PowerCLI Cookbook illustrates the ease of performing repetitive tasks using native PowerCLI commands to speed up administration. This book teaches you how to create custom functions and modules to solve specific problems and deploy these solutions to operators. It covers all vSphere administration areas including host, cluster, and virtual machine management utilizing PowerCLI.

Finally, this book will enable administrators to execute scripts that will open new possibilities for automation and also enable them to manage VM workloads effectively.

PowerCLI Cookbook - Sample Chapter